“SYTYCD” Vegas part two

On to possibly one of the best rounds in Vegas; the groups. The remaining dancers were split into groups and given a CD with one song on it. They then had one night to choreograph a dance together, which always proves to be harder than it seems. The one group I want to mention here; “Nerdography.”

“Nerdography” which the group informed us is defined as a “spontaneous explosion of dance that occurs when a nerd hears a sweet tune and a really hot girl at the same time.” The group played the roles of “nerds” and “hot girls” and had a clear concept, theme and characters in their dance. Their steps were clean and put on the best performance of the group dances.

Then came Mia Michaels who was in a terrible mood last night, oh wait, she’s always like that…never mind. She has the reputation of being the toughest choreographer the show uses and that was apparent when she yelled at the remaining dancers “Don’t give me empty steps because that’s when my horns come out.” That’s funny, I thought her horns were already out, maybe she has two sets. That would certainly explain it.

A lot of breakdowns happened during Mia’s choreography round. One of which was from Tony who stated “I feel like I’m going to the lions den…with blood all over me.” Tony did not make it straight through. They asked him to come back and repeat the choreography again instead of “dancing for his life,” which they never do. The judges brought him to center stage after he repeated Mia’s dance. The judges seemed disappointed and Tony lost it. He began crying. Uncontrollably. After watching him do this for several minutes the judges informed him he would be staying. I was very relieved, I’ll say it now: Tony is one of my favorite dancers of the season already. I don’t know if he will make it out of Vegas, but if he does he has the great potential to become a fan favorite, if he hasn’t already.

Thirteen more dancers were cut at the end of Mia’s round leaving 54 dancers to advance to the Broadway round with Tyce.

There isn’t much to say about the next round and I’ve clearly said enough already. The dancers were split into guys and girls and taught separate choreography to “West Side Story” music.

After this round 32 contestants remained, 16 girls and 16 guys.

This is were in my opinion they messed up. The remaining 32 dancers needed to perform solos in order to make it into the top 20. They showed these 32 solos in maybe about a minute. That’s it. These solos were probably the best dancing on the show up until this point and they spent the least amount of time on it. Did this bother anyone? Do you think they should have showed more of the solos and less of the dancers learning the choreography?

Maybe they will show more of the auditions tonight on the results show at 9 p.m. on Fox. Be sure to tune in to see who makes it into the top 20.

3 Responses

Boiling down the solos to a short clip piece was the worst decision they made last night. We’re all going to like different dancers, but for pete’s sake, let us see what they each can do! I thought at first that it was just a tease and they would show us the solos in the next show … but then they started showing the selection process. Bad move.

Lydia,
I was also hoping it was just a tease and that they were going to show the actual solos last night. That we could get a feel for who we like in the competition. They spent so much time going over the choreography rounds and focusing on people that got cut, that I feel like I don’t even have a good idea of the abilities of the top 20 that were chosen. I am very excited to get into the real meat of the competition next week! Any favorite dancers yet?

Audrey,
Some favorites were already cut, so I’m trying not to get my hopes up for anyone else just yet. I was thinking it would also have been better to see the solo pieces now, before they start working together, to see whose technique improves and who can’t meet the challenges ahead. Can’t wait til the next show …